Ancient_and_modern_York_a_guide

MODERN TORK. 51
GSEAT MANUAL.
Length of lowest pipe.
Length of lowest pipe.
Trumpet
61 feet Trumpet
16 feet
Trumpet
16 feet Trumpet
Mixture
16 feet
3 ranks Mixture
3 ranks
Sesquialtra -
ranks Sesquialtra
ranks
Flageolet (wood)
feet Flageolet (wood)
feet
Fifteenth (metal)
- 4 feet Fifteenth (metal)
4 feet
Principal
■
feet Principal
feet
Principal (metal)
feet Principal (metal)
feet
Wood stopped diapason
8 feet Metal stopped diapason
8 feet
Metal open diapason
16 feet Metal open diapason
16 feet
Metal open diapason
- 16 feet Metal open diapason
- 16 feet
PEDAL STOPS.—Two Octaves each.
Sackbut (wood, reed)
38 feet Double metal diapason
Trombone (metal, do.)
16 feet Double wood diapason
"Wood open diapason
16 feet Metal open diapason
Wood open diapason
- 16 feet Wood open diapason
- 32 feet
- 16 feet
- 16 feet
The longest pipe of the thirty-two feet double metal
pedal diapason is 20 inches in diameter ; and the diagonal
of the thirty-two feet double wood diapason longest pipe
is 4 feet. The manual metal open diapasons, 16 feet
pipes, vary from 12 to 13 inches in diameter.
The Choir, as it now stands, is nearly an exact tran
script of the choir destroyed by Martin. There is some
slight deviation in the wood-work ; the tabernacle work of
the stalls and their canopies being somewhat lighter than
that of their predecessors. The workmanship, both in
stone and wood, must be admitted to be exquisite ; and
the general effect is gorgeous in the extreme.* At the
eastern end of the choir is the altar table, raised above
the floor by a series of fifteen steps. Behind it is a screen,
which divides the choir from a large space between it
and the great east window, already described. This
screen is ornamented with mullions, tracery, a parapet,
&c. ; and, its open lights being filled with plate glass, a
distinct view of the eastern window is afforded. Before
the year 1726 a large wooden screen, painted and gilt,
* R. Smirke, Esq., was the architect by whom the restoration was effected.
The tabernacle work was executed by Mr. Moon, of London ; the pews, gal
leries, &c, by Messrs. Wolstenholme, Mason, and Coates, of York.